22758 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 83 / Friday, April 30, 2010 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army; Corps of 

Engineers 

Intent To Prepare a Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

Improvements to the U.S. 17 and 

Market Street (U.S. 17 Business) 

Corridor in Northern New Hanover and 

Southern Pender Counties, NC 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice of Intent. 

SUMMARY: The North Carolina 

Department of Transportation (NCDOT) 

has proposed improvements to the 

transportation system starting at 

Military Cutoff Road in New Hanover 

County and extending to a point north 

of Hampstead along U.S. 17, in Pender 

County, NC (TIP Projects U–4751 and 

R–3300). The NCDOT is currently 

considering alternatives for this project 

that will require authorization from the 

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) 

pursuant to Section 404 of the Clean 

Water Act and/or Section 10 of the 

Rivers and Harbor Act). The 

USACE,Wilmington District, Regulatory 

Division and the NCDOT intend to 

prepare a joint environmental impact 

statement in accordance with 

regulations implementing the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) to 

evaluate and compare alternatives and 

to assess associated impacts. 

ADDRESSES: Comments regarding the 

proposed action and the DEIS should be 

provided to both Mr. Brad Shaver, 

Regulatory Project Manager, Wilmington 

Regulatory Field Office, 69 Darlington 

Ave., Wilmington, NC 28403 and Ms. 

Olivia Farr, Project Development 

Engineer, North Carolina Department of 

Transportation, 1548 Mail Service 

Center, Raleigh, NC 27699–1548. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Questions about the proposed action 

and DEIS can be directed to Mr. Brad 

Shaver, Regulatory Project Manager, 

telephone: (910) 251–4611 or Ms. Olivia 

Farr, Project Development Engineer, 

telephone: (919) 733–7844, ext. 253. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

NCDOT proposes to make transportation 

improvements to the U.S. 17 and Market 

Street (U.S. 17 Business) corridor in 

northern New Hanover and southern 

Pender Counties. Two North Carolina 

Department of Transportation 

Improvement Program (TIPs U–4751 

and R–3300) projects are being 

evaluated as part of the U.S. 17 Corridor 

Study. 

The purpose of the U.S. 17 Corridor 

Study project is to improve the traffic 

carrying capacity and safety of the U.S. 

17 and Market Street corridor in the 

project area. The project study area is 

roughly bounded on the west by I–40, 

on the north by the Northeast Cape Fear 

River, Holly Shelter Game Lands to the 

east, and Market Street and U.S. 17 to 

the south. 

This project is being reviewed 

through the Merger 01 process designed 

to streamline the project development 

and permitting processes, agreed to by 

the USACE, North Carolina Department 

of Environment and Natural Resources 

(Division of Water Quality, Division of 

Coastal Management), Federal Highway 

Administration (for this project not 

applicable), and the North Carolina 

Department of Transportation and 

supported by other stakeholder agencies 

and local units of government. The 

other partnering agencies include: U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency; U.S. 

Fish and Wildlife Service; N.C. Wildlife 

Resources Commission; N.C. 

Department of Cultural Resources; and 

the Wilmington Metropolitan Planning 

Organization. The Merger process 

provides a forum for appropriate agency 

representatives to discuss and reach 

consensus on ways to facilitate meeting 

the regulatory requirements of Section 

404 of the Clean Water Act during the 

NEPA/State Environmental Policy Act 

(SEPA) scoping phase of transportation 

projects. 

In 2006 the project was presented to 

Federal and State Resource and 

Regulatory Agencies to gain 

concurrence on the purpose and need 

for the project. The aforementioned 

purpose and need of the project was 

agreed upon by participating agencies in 

September of 2006. In January 2007, the 

project was again presented to 

participating agencies regarding the 

preliminary corridor screening process 

in an attempt to decide which 

alternatives would be carried forward 

for detailed analysis. In August of 2007, 

the alternatives to carry forward were 

decided. Since this time the Corps has 

been working closely with NCDOT and 

its representatives to identify 

jurisdictional resources within the 

alternatives carried forward. This effort 

should be completed sometime in 

Spring of 2010. 

Citizen informational workshops were 

held for the U.S. 17 Corridor Study on 

April 23, 2007 in Hampstead and on 

April 24, 2007 in Wilmington. A total of 

174 participants signed in at the 

workshops with 40 comment sheets 

during April 23 and 47 comments 

during April 24, 2007. Thirty-four 

citizens noted their support for the 

proposed Hampstead Bypass while six 

citizens voiced their opposition to the 

project. 

NEPA/SEPA Preparation: Because the 

proposed project requires approvals 

from Federal and State agencies, a joint 

Federal and State EIS will be prepared. 

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will 

serve as the lead Federal agency for the 

process and the NCDOT will serve as 

the lead State agency. The EIS will serve 

to satisfy the Corps’ NEPA requirements 

as well as the State of North Carolina’s 

SEPA requirements. Upon completion 

and review of the Final EIS, the Corps 

will independently complete a Record 

of Decision (ROD) for the project. 

The Wilmington District will 

periodically issue Public Notices 

soliciting public and agency comment 

on the proposed action and alternatives 

to the proposed action as they are 

developed. 

Jefferson M. Ryscavage, 

Colonel, U.S. Army, District Commander. 

[FR Doc. 2010–10101 Filed 4–29–10; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army; U.S. Army 

Corps of Engineers 

Notice of Intent To Prepare a Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement and 

Dam Safety Assurance Program 

Modification Report for the Martis 

Creek Dam Project, Nevada County, 

CA 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers; DOD. 

ACTION: Notice of Intent. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as 

amended, the U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers, Sacramento District (Corps) 

intends to prepare a draft 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 

for the Federal action to remediate 

seismic, seepage, and hydrologic dam 

safety concerns at the Martis Creek Dam. 

Martis Creek Dam is located about two 

miles upstream of the confluence of 

Martis Creek and the Truckee River, and 

about three miles east of Truckee, in 

Nevada County, CA. The Truckee River 

flows through Reno, Nevada and into 

Pyramid Lake, NV. The proposed action 

is being conducted through the Corps’ 

Dam Safety Assurance Program (DSAP) 

for the evaluation of existing dams. 

ADDRESSES: Current and archival 

information regarding the Martis Creek 

DSAP Project can be obtained from the 

following Web site address: http:// 

www.spk.usace.army.mil/projects/civil/ 

Martis_Creek/Index.html. Questions or 


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